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Understanding Perspectivism
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Understanding Perspectivism

Scientific Challenges and Methodological Prospects
BookPaperback
Ranking16667inMathematik
CHF63.90

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This edited collection is the first of its kind to explore the view called perspectivism in philosophy of science. The book brings together an array of essays that reflect on the methodological promises and scientific challenges of perspectivism in a variety of fields such as physics, biology, cognitive neuroscience, and cancer research, just as a few examples. What are the advantages of using a plurality of perspectives in a given scientific field and for interdisciplinary research? Can different perspectives be integrated? What is the relation between perspectivism, pluralism, and pragmatism? These ten new essays by top scholars in the field offer a polyphonic journey towards understanding the view called 'perspectivism' and its relevance to science.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-032-09218-8
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
Publication countryUnited Kingdom
Publishing date30/06/2021
Edition1. A.
Pages210 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 152 mm, Height 229 mm, Thickness 15 mm
Weight453 g
IllustrationsFarb., s/w. Abb.
Article no.43762020
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.36093819
Product groupMathematik
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Michela Massimi is Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She was Co-Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (2011-2016) and Vice President of the European Philosophy of Science Association (2015-2019).



Casey D. McCoy is a Postdoc at Stockholm University, Sweden. His research falls primarily within the philosophy of science and the philosophy of science and the philosophy of physics, and he has written on topics including inflationary cosmology, fine-tuning problems in physics, and the interpretation of statistical mechanics.